Two people were killed and nearly two dozen injured when a circus tent collapsed at the Lancaster fairgrounds as severe weather moved through the area Monday evening.

Two people were killed and nearly two dozen injured when a circus tent collapsed at the Lancaster fairgrounds as severe weather moved through the area Monday evening.

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Updated: 6:52 AM EDT Aug 4, 2015

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WEBVTT THAT CIRCUS TRAGEDY. ERIKA: THIS MORNING WE KNOW A MAN AND YOUNG GIRL ARE DEAD AND THE NUMBER OF INJURED HAS NOW CLIMBED TO 22. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING IN LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUST NORTH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE CIRCUS TENT WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN THE SEVERE STORM HIT THE LANCASTER FAIRGROUNDS. NEW OVERNIGHT. A WOMAN WHO WAS AT THE SHOW WITH HER YOUNG SON TALKS ABOUT THE MOMENT SHE KNEW THIS WASN'T YOUR AVERAGE STORM. IT JUST WENT COMPLETELY DARK INSIDE, AND WE SEE THE CIRCUS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LEAVE THE TENT. SOMEBODY IS SCREAMING, "GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT." ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOK TO MY LEFT AND I SEE SKY. ERIKA: HEIDI MEDEIROS SAYS SHE THREW HERSELF ON TOP OF HER SON AS CHAOS ERUPTED ALL AROUND HER. SHE SAYS SHE COULD SEE PEOPLE START TO GET TRAMPLED BY THE PANICKED CROWDS SO SHE AND HER SON RAN THE OTHER WAY. THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE 22 INJURED AREN'T CLEAR AT THIS HOUR. WE'LL BRING YOU NEW INFORMATION

2 killed, 22 hurt when N.H. circus tent collapses

Two people were killed and nearly two dozen injured when a circus tent collapsed at the Lancaster fairgrounds as severe weather moved through the area Monday evening.